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Huiwen He c2bbdee765 tracing: Fix syscall events activation by ensuring refcount hits zero
commit 0a663b764d upstream.

When multiple syscall events are specified in the kernel command line
(e.g., trace_event=syscalls:sys_enter_openat,syscalls:sys_enter_close),
they are often not captured after boot, even though they appear enabled
in the tracing/set_event file.

The issue stems from how syscall events are initialized. Syscall
tracepoints require the global reference count (sys_tracepoint_refcount)
to transition from 0 to 1 to trigger the registration of the syscall
work (TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT) for tasks, including the init process (pid 1).

The current implementation of early_enable_events() with disable_first=true
used an interleaved sequence of "Disable A -> Enable A -> Disable B -> Enable B".
If multiple syscalls are enabled, the refcount never drops to zero,
preventing the 0->1 transition that triggers actual registration.

Fix this by splitting early_enable_events() into two distinct phases:
1. Disable all events specified in the buffer.
2. Enable all events specified in the buffer.

This ensures the refcount hits zero before re-enabling, allowing syscall
events to be properly activated during early boot.

The code is also refactored to use a helper function to avoid logic
duplication between the disable and enable phases.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224023544.1250787-1-hehuiwen@kylinos.cn
Fixes: ce1039bd3a ("tracing: Fix enabling of syscall events on the command line")
Signed-off-by: Huiwen He <hehuiwen@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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